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Lake Tarawera - 'Old Wood' © Adrian Hodge Photography

5 Local Tips For Planning Your Rotorua Holiday

Posted on 18 Jan 2018

Holiday planning can be a bit of a chore, but who better to tell you about the place you are … Continue reading →

MEET OUR CONDUCKTORS

Trevor Weir

Duck Captain AND Stress Merchant (Owner Manager)

NICK NAME The Weasel
BORN 21st October 1973
GREW UP Clyde (Central Otago), New Zealand
BACKGROUND Tourism

GUIDING SINCE December 2003
HOBBIES Travel, Family, Running, Mountain Biking, Skiing
CHEESE LEVEL Oozing Mozzarella

Anu Weir

Strategic Management Planner

NICK NAME Anu
BORN 15th October 1979
GREW UP Raahe Finland
BACKGROUND Military and Operations Background

GUIDING SINCE December 2003
HOBBIES Running, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Family, Travel, Sport

Marcus Flack

Duck Captain - Health and Safety Officer (God help us)

NICK NAME Tom Cruise
BORN 22nd February 1973
GREW UP Waikato and Southland
BACKGROUND Guiding, Biological Farming Consultant

GUIDING SINCE 2015
HOBBIES Kayaking, Farming and Playing Hide and Seek with myself
CHEESE LEVEL Blue Vein - Because everything is better with age and hes a fungi (fun guy)

Nick Shortall

Duck Captain and Mecha-Nick (Mechanic)

NICK NAME Nick Minute
BORN 9th April 1985
GREW UP The Streets of Rotorua
BACKGROUND Family Guy (not Peter Griffin)

GUIDING SINCE June, 2017
HOBBIES Gaming, Annoying his wife, Rugby
CHEESE LEVEL Mince and Cheese (Brown and Cheesy)

Peter Weir

Duck Captain & Mr Fixit (Owner Mechanic)

NICK NAME Pistol Pete
BORN 22nd January 1950
GREW UP Rotorua, New Zealand
BACKGROUND Aviation (Helicopter Pilot)

GUIDING SINCE December 2003
HOBBIES Travel, Family, Skiing, DIY
CHEESE LEVEL Colby (mass appeal)

Sean Russell

Duck Captain & Guy who writes things about things

NICK NAME Russ, Rusty, Wingnut (big ears)
BORN 21st August 1990
GREW UP Dunedin, New Zealand
BACKGROUND Bachelor of Communications, Media, Radio star, Tour Guide, Has a background of talking far too much so fits in pretty nicely.

GUIDING SINCE March 2015
HOBBIES Mountain Biking, Running, Football, Golf, Most Sports, TALKING
CHEESE LEVEL Edam (made backwards)

Shelley Chapman

Shelley Chapman

Duck Captain - Knows how to turn on a Camera

NICK NAME Moana
BORN 6th August 1986
GREW UP Not Yet
BACKGROUND A lake with some ferns

GUIDING SINCE I started
HOBBIES Mountain Biking, World Domination Plots, Pizza Eating
CHEESE LEVEL Cheddar - For no other reason than I have a mild addiction to Cheddar

Brittany McNee

Office Girl

NICK NAME Britt
BORN 27th August 1996
GREW UP Rotorua
BACKGROUND Tourism

HOBBIES Hiking, travel (22 countries and counting), chicken nugget eating, festivals, road trips
CHEESE LEVEL You could say I’m always up to no ‘gouda’